The guards who had been sent by the High King showed no signs of relaxing their alert stance.

But Richard didn't relax, didn't move from his alert stance.

A subtle shake of her head halted him in his tracks, but the bodyguard maintained his alert stance behind the Andorian.

Seeing the alert and ready stance of those unarmed men, Merena grunted his approval.

Very suddenly the dog stiffened; it moved slowly and gracefully out of the sitting position and into an alert stance.

Wykla eyed her fearfully for a moment, then, when no criticism was forthcoming, he returned to his alert stance.

Arlin had the sword-Dowln's sword with the woven hilt-4n her hand, and she was in alert stance, her gray eyes black with attention.

He was almost close enough to touch, but something about the man's alert stance warned Brutus he was expecting it.

Thorvald's hand came up with the alert stance of Taggi on a strong game scent.

Hopefully, in the shiny claws and the alert stance, it would read the fact that attacking them would be a big mistake.